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I shall be in New York next week. Time to decide which tools to prepare. Actually, I don't really have a choice, since my SIM from T-Mobile USA is a micro-SIM. And the Lumia 1020 is my only current phone which does not have a nano-SIM. My 1020 has 64 GB of storage, a camera grip, the best camera. This should be easy, right?

Surprisingly, it isn't. I have grown quite fond of the 930. A brilliant display that is noticeably better than the 1020. Living Images, which the 1020 is not going to get. And then I am still on Developer Preview instead of Lumia Cyan.

I am this close to cutting the micro-SIM down to a nano-SIM. Then again, the Lumia 2520 is my only computer that takes a micro-SIM. And a computer that does not require dysfunctional Wifi is worth a lot.

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For a week now I am using both, an iPhone 5s and the 930, and I must say, I really do prefer the 930. Looks like I am going to sell the iPhone, although there are still some features, that do not quit work on the 930.

What I am not so fond of though is the feature "living images" that you are writing about. It might be a user error, but most of the times, there are issues with the living images. These include:

- difference in Lightning between the final image and the video
- stuttering video
- lost focus in either the video or the image...more often the latter...

Yes, and no. You have to understand how this works. Concentrate on the photo. Tap the area that has to be in focus and perfectly lighted. Hit the shutter release. Whatever comes off the sensor in the second before you hit the shutter release gets stored as a video. Depending on whether there is a focus light on or you are using the flash, there will be great differences between the video and the photo. And the video does not lead all the way up to the very moment the photo is taken, but a bit earlier. For me I find it brings back the story much better than a photo alone.

And if you don't like your results, just switch Living Images off in Settings. The photo is the important part.

If it was longer than 90 days ago that you have used your T-Mobile US SIM card it is now deactivated anyhow (That's what they told me last time I was in NY and my SIM from the previous trip wasn't working anymore). So don't let yourself be held back by the SIM form factor.

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